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C. A. BATCHELDER.

LAST, APPLICATION FILED JUNE'30. 1915.

1,162,330, Patented N0v;30, 1915.

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IIITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES A. BATCHELDER, OF ST. ALBANS, MAINE.

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Application filed June 30, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BATCH- nnnna, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Albans, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Last, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matterof this application is a last, and the invention aims to provide a novel toe-carried means which, cooperating with a connecting membcr carried by the heel produces the desired movements between the toe and the heel, to shorten the last so that it can be inserted into a shoe readily.

In the drawing, the invention is disclosed in a single sectional figure.

In the drawing, the toe appears at 44 and is provided with a recess 45. In the rear face of the toe there is formed a seat 46. T he rear face of the toe is cut off at a bevel as indicated at 62. The heel appears at 47 and is provided with inclined end faces 63 and 64. In the heel 47 there is a recess 48 bridged across by a heel plate 49 held in place by a securing element 50. The heel 47 carries a socket 51. The connecting member is shown at 52 and is held by rivets or other securing means 53 to the heel 47. In the connecting member or plate 52 is formed a curved slot 54 in which moves a toe-carried guiding pin 55. The connecting member is provided with a straight slot 56 in which is mounted to slide a block 57 having parallel sides, whereby a rotation of the block in the slot is prevented. A guide pin 58 is terminally mounted in the toe 44 and is journaled in the block.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Serial No. 37,280. I

The invention comprises a compression sprmg 60, one end of which is mounted in the seat 46 of the toe 44, the other end of which is mounted in a seat 59 formed in the heel 47, the function of the spring being to maintain the toe and the heel yieldingly in the position shown.

Especial attention is directed to the slidmg block 57. This element of the structure insures an accurate and satisfactory relative movement between the toe and the heel, it serves to reduce wear, and lessens the strain upon the parts in operation.

A tool may be inserted into the socket 51 to produce relative movement between the toe and the heel, thus shortening the last ancll1 making easy the insertion thereof into a s 0e.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A last comprising a toe having a recess;

a heel; a connecting plate secured to the heel and entering the recess, the plate having-a straight slot extended longitudinally of the last and being provided with a curved slot disposed transversely of the last; a guiding means carried by the toe and movable in the curved slot; a block slidable in Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.? 

